General Vancouver Updates - Page 458

domusile · #**9141** Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 5:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

yeah i liked the lines of it. shame it some elements couldnt have been kept. the new building looks pretty typical.

Have we even seen renders for the new building? The DP application (i.e. low rise office building) is likely a placeholder until they can make their application under the Broadway plan

Changing City · #**9142** Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 6:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by domusile

Have we even seen renders for the new building? The DP application (i.e. low rise office building) is likely a placeholder until they can make their application under the Broadway plan

It's more than a placeholder really, in the sense that they're going to build the office building. The Broadway Plan should determine how big a residential tower they can build on top, and the office building will then become the podium.

logan5 · #**9143** Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 7:54 PM**

Hopefully it’s all office and no residential on top. You would attract a lot more ridership having office jobs there, as an office tower holds way more people.

All of Broadway should be reserved for office. There is plenty of opportunity to build residential off Broadway. Fairview slopes would be the appropriate area to have very high density residential (towers). The future lrt right of way is right there, so high density can easily be accommodated.

jollyburger · #**9144** Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 8:09 PM**

^^ There's a residential entryway so that seems like wishful thinking.

GenWhy? · #**9145** Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 9:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by logan5

Hopefully it’s all office and no residential on top. You would attract a lot more ridership having office jobs there, as an office tower holds way more people.

All of Broadway should be reserved for office. There is plenty of opportunity to build residential off Broadway. Fairview slopes would be the appropriate area to have very high density residential (towers). The future lrt right of way is right there, so high density can easily be accommodated.

I think that would classify as "down zoning" even under the current C-3A which this is being built now and will be built after the Plan. If the City did that they'd probably owe a lot of landowners a lot of money.

domusile · #**9146** Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 10:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Changing City

It's more than a placeholder really, in the sense that they're going to build the office building. The Broadway Plan should determine how big a residential tower they can build on top, and the office building will then become the podium.

got it - thanks

Feathered Friend · #**9147** Posted **Nov 10, 2020, 8:22 AM**

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Today, Vancouver’s first moderate income rental building on the west side took a giant step forward to becoming a reality thanks to the Development Permit Board's unanimous approval of these homes at 1805 Larch St.

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/1325998694911520773?s=20

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7 speakers, all who were immediate neighbours, spoke against this decision. They raised concerns about increased laneway traffic, the overall height, & worried noise from kids on the rooftop amenity would echo in the area. They suggested a peaked roof would fit in better instead.

https://twitter.com/City_Duo/status/1325998696551510016?s=20

MistyMountain · #**9148** Posted **Nov 10, 2020, 9:38 AM**

Crazy how difficult it is to get even a modest building built near single family homes.

WarrenC12 · #**9149** Posted **Nov 10, 2020, 4:03 PM**

Children playing, what an awful racket!

SFUVancouver · #**9150** Posted **Nov 10, 2020, 6:38 PM**

It's too tall! Make it taller!

mcminsen · #**9151** Posted **Nov 13, 2020, 6:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

Collapse of construction pit next to Congee Noodle House in Vancouver
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/congee-noodle-house-vancouver-sinkhole

That's where I've parked my car!

Sinkhole forming next to Congee Noodle House’s building in Vancouver on January 31, 2020. (Rachel Atherton / submitted)
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/congee-noodle-house-vancouver-sinkhole

Grand, by Green Oak Development.

Crane went up a couple of days ago. I guess it took the better part of this year to stabilize, repair and complete the excavation.

Nov.10 '20, my pics

officedweller · #**9152** Posted **Nov 13, 2020, 8:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by mcminsen

Nov.10 '20, my pics

Apparently, the Chutney Villa restaurant is for sale and a friend said that Congee Noodle House may never reopen.

Vancouver_Highrise · #**9153** Posted **Nov 13, 2020, 9:14 PM**

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A newly submitted rezoning application calls for a new mixed-use redevelopment just south of SkyTrain’s Joyce-Collingwood Station that includes a new Vancouver Public Library (VPL) branch.

J+S Architect is seeking permission to turn the site at 5163-5187 Joyce Street — currently occupied by two-storey retail and residential buildings constructed in the early 1970s — into a new 309-ft-tall, 32-storey tower.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/5163-5187-joyce-street-vancouver-public-library

reminds me of lower quality 8x in Yaletown

WarrenC12 · #**9154** Posted **Nov 13, 2020, 9:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vancouver_Highrise

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/5163-5187-joyce-street-vancouver-public-library

reminds me of lower quality 8x in Yaletown

Looks pretty good.

An old friend of mine once referred to the Joyce area as "the Yaletown of east Van".

So that fits!

Feathered Friend · #**9155** Posted **Nov 13, 2020, 9:47 PM**

Interesting project. The pre-application event was held nearly a year ago. It must have gone well, as the project seems relatively unchanged since then. That said, the FSR has been increased by .7 , but that could just be because some of the existing space was reclassified, and included in the calculation by the city.

pages 1 and 8
https://issuu.com/rccnews/docs/december2019/8

officedweller · #**9156** Posted **Nov 14, 2020, 11:15 PM**

Yeah, it does look like an 8X rip-off.
The sun shades on the balcony side make little sense since the protruding balconies already provide sun shading.
If they remove the X frame and just add shade fins to the glass section like Waterfall at Lumina, that would look good.

officedweller · #**9157** Posted **Nov 17, 2020, 3:36 AM**

Lawrence Black twitter Nov 13th:

The Yukon

https://twitter.com/LawrenceBlackTV

https://twitter.com/LawrenceBlackTV

425 West 6th

https://twitter.com/LawrenceBlackTV

https://twitter.com/LawrenceBlackTV

397 West 7th

https://twitter.com/LawrenceBlackTV

https://twitter.com/LawrenceBlackTV

CityLink

https://twitter.com/LawrenceBlackTV

officedweller · #**9158** Posted **Nov 17, 2020, 11:11 AM**

Main & 2nd

From DYS twitter Nov 10th:

https://twitter.com/dysarchitecture

scryer · #**9159** Posted **Nov 17, 2020, 3:16 PM**

I've always liked Main and 2nd. I feel that it has just the right kind of massing for a mid-rise in Vancouver.

As for the other ones... I forget, are they industrial mixed use or am I mixing it up with something else?

WarrenC12 · #**9160** Posted **Nov 17, 2020, 4:37 PM**

Main & 2nd is perfect for the area, though I'd hate to live right on that busy intersection.

The picture showing the elevation along Main shows a weird area there, curious to see how that turns out.